Stock-watering device.



F. E. WILLIAMSON. STOGK WATERING- DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1908..

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

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FRANK E. WILLIAMSON, OF GLASCO, KANSAS.

STOCK-WATERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed May 18, 1908. Serial No. 433,517.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WILLIAM- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glasco, in the county of Cloud and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock-WVatering Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to drinking fountains or watering devices for stock, being particularly adapted to be used as a drinking fountain for hogs.

It has for its object to produce an article of this character, which, while capable of containing a large amount of water, shall be of simple construction and arranged to automatically feed to the drinking trough as required; the water receptacle of the device being so mounted that it may be easily turned into position for filling and then back into position for use,where it will be steadily supported.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a stock-watering device embodying my invention, the parts being repre sented in normal position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the parts in position for filling the water receptacle. Fig. 3 is a front view of the lower part of the water receptacle. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view illustrating a detail of construction of the supporting frame.

In the drawings A represents a water receptacle which is preferably of barrel shape, and is provided near its lower end with a drinking trough. It is mounted in a frame B, and is supported so as to be free to swing upon trunnions or pivots C. This frame is preferably constructed of metal tubing united by angle couplings, and comprises a base Z) of substantially rectangular shape and a pair of standards 7), preferably substantially V-shape. The tubular bars comprising the inclined members of each standard Z) are united at their upper ends by an angle socket piece or elbow 2 into which they screw. At their lower ends these bars engage with couplings 4 that also serve to unite the tubular bars constituting the base 5 of the frame, the connections of the inclined bars being either with internally screwthreaded sockets, 3, rising from the couplings at the proper angle, or with pins or externally screw-threaded posts, 8, such as represented in Fig. 5. By reason of this construction the frame may be easily set up or dismembered, as may be desired.

The receptacle A is supported in a sort of sling or frame comprising a band or hoop 0 adapted to. encircle the vessel near itsmiddle and to be clamped thereto by means of a screw or turn buckle, 5. The trunnions or pivots G are carried by this band 0.

d(lcl are strips or hands connected at their inner ends with the hoop 0,the band (Z extending upward to the top of the vessel, and those designated d extending downward to the bottom thereof. The inner ends of these three bands, there being a set 011 each side of the vessel, are united with the hoop adjacent to a trunnion or pivot C, and their outer ends, 6, are turned over so as to engage respectively with the opposite ends of the vessel, the end of band cl engaging the top or head of the vessel, and those of the bands d with the bottom thereof. The vessel Ads thus suspended so that it may be swung or turned on its pivots, and the frame that carries the latter is secured to the vessel without resort to rivets or other attaching means that perforate the walls thereof, which, if used, would make it difficult to maintain the vessel air-tight.

E indicates a rim or band surrounding the vessel near its bottom and arranged to constitute the front wall a of the drinking trough of the device. The latter is separated from the main body of the vessel A by a curved diaphragm orpartition F, which is perforated to form a flow opening it and vents in h communicating between the interior of the water receptacle and the drinking trough. The opening it is preferably situated just above the bottom 2' of the vessel, and the vent openings, of which there may be many or few, as may be required, are located at a level a little below that of the upper edge of the rim 6. The wall of the vessel A in front of the diaphragm F and above the rim 6 is cut away, as represented at G, to form the opening to the drinking trough. It is to be understood that the vessel A is air-tight, except for the openings h, h, which are covered by the water inthe drinking trough when the device is in position for use,

so that on the vessel being filled and turned upright, its contents will be held therein by atmospheric pressure with the trough filled to a level just covering the vent openings h,- and whenever the level of the water in the drinking trough is lowered sufficiently to uncover the vent openings air enters thevessel A through them and water flows through the opening it, replenishing the supply in the trough, until the vents are covered, when the flow ceases until the water level in the trough is again reduced. hen the vessel needs to be filled it is turned upon its pivots or trunnions G into the position indicated in Fig. 2, where it may be held by suitable means. When in this position if water be poured into the trough it will be guided by the curved partition F to the opening it through which it will readily flow into the vessel A. From this it will be seen that the vessel may be easily filled, and then restored to the position of use by simply releasing and steadying it while it is swinging on its pivots, notwithstanding it may be large and of great weight when filled.

It will be observed that there are no valves to control the flow of Water to the trough and that the device is of such simple construction that it may be easily cleaned.

In order to steady the water holder when in the position represented in Fig. 1, and to take more or less of the weight from off its hinges, I prefer that the vessel A should be bodily adjustable up and down; it, when in the latter position, resting upon the base I), and, when in the former, being sufficiently elevated to clear the base as it is swung from the position represented in Fig. l to that of Fig. 2, and vice versa.

M, represents a pair of levers pivoted at m, in the standards 6 of the frame. The longer arms of the levers are united by an operating handle or bail m, and the shorter ones, on are sector-shaped and. connected by chains or other flexible suspending means P with the pivots C. By depressing the bail m into the position represented in Fig. 2 the vessel A is raised, in which position it may be held by a latch bar N arranged to engage with and hold a lever M. When the parts are in this position the water holding vessel may be swung into a horizontal position where it may be held by the engagement of a catch 0 carried by the vessel with the bar N.

hat I claim is:

l. A self-feeding device for the watering of stock comprising a vessel having a drinking trough near its bottom to which the water from the vessel is fed and so arranged that the flow is controlled by atmospheric pressure, a set of strengthening bands on the outside of the vessel, trunnions projecting from the meeting points of the strengthening bands, and a frame in which the vessel is hung by the said trunnions.

2. In a stock-watering device, the combination of a cylindrical vessel provided near its lower end with a strengthening band, and having an open water trough separated from the main body of the vessel by a diaphragm or partition, the front Wall of the trough being formed by the said band, and there being formed in the diaphragm near the bottom of the vessel an opening for the flow of water and at a level a little below the upper edge of the band vent openings for the inflow of air.

3. A stock-watering device, comprising in combination a frame having. a supporting base, a water vessel with a drinking trough in its lower portion pivotally supported in the frame, and means for effecting a relative movement of the pivotal supports for the vessel and the base, whereby the vessel may be allowed to rest upon the base to be steadied and supported thereby, and when the parts are separated the vessel is left free to be swung on its pivots.

4. A stock-watering device comprising in combination a frame having a supporting base, a water holding vessel with a drinking trough in its lower part pivotally supported in the frame and lifting. means for the veseel and its pivotal supports arranged to lift and suspend the vessel above the supporting base whereby it is free to be swung on its pivots.

5. A stock-watering device comprising in combination a water holding vessel, a frame having a supporting base and side standards between which the vessel is pivotally supported, levers pivoted in the standards and flexible connections between the levers and the pivotal supports of the vessel.

6. In a stock-watering device, the combination of an air-tight vessel having a drinking trough in its lower part, and a frame carrying a pair of pivots for suspending the vessel and comprising an encircling hoop adapted to be applied to the vessel, means for clamping the hoop to the vessel, and bands extending from the hoop in opposite directions and arranged at their ends to engage respectively'with the opposite ends of the vessel.

7 A stock-watering device comprising in combination a water holding vessel with a drinking trough in its lower part, a frame having a supporting base and side standards between which the vessel is pivotally supported, levers at the sides of the vessel pivoted in the standards, the longer arms of the levers being connected by a cross bail extending across the top of the vessel when in an upright position, and flexible connections between the short ends of the levers and the pivotal supports of the vessel.

FRANK E. WILLIAMSON.

Witnesses:

BENNETT S. J ONES, J. S. BARKER. 

